SOTD 8/17 She Said - The Pharcyde

Ohhhhh yeah, I been thinking of this song for a while now and I don't have the Labcabincalifornia album. Well now I do thanks to my boy Craig Reyna and his generosity in zipping the whole CD up and uploading it to his ftp for me, gotta love AIM. So, probably my favorite track from this album and the one that has a lot of sentimental/nostalgic value for sure. Such a mellow and cool song, it just makes me happy with thoughts of high school and the few years after. Fat Lip's verse is a classic. There are some bangers from this album so I'm sure some other ones will appear as SOTD soon enough.

Please, enjoy.

SOTD 8/16 Right Down the Line - Gerry Rafferty

This has been a song that I've always loved by Gerry Rafferty, besides Baker Street of course. I happened to hear it today while having beers with Dan at Peso's. It surprised me to hear it because it's usually club bangers being played there, but I guess since it was the day time they play some mellow stuff too. So yeah, this is my SOTD today, great lyrics, reminds me of being in love and makes me want to be in love again.

Please enjoy.

Challah at ya boy!

I woke up pretty late today, and immediately I was excited because I knew what I was going to make for breakfast. Before work on Friday I stopped by my favorite bakery in Seattle: Upper Crust Bakery My friend Jacqui promised to save me a loaf and she sure did, I think she left a note on it that said "Law the Ninja" that amused the cashier who grabbed it for me up front.(She calls me that cuz sometimes she's baking in the back and she doesn't see me come in for my morning Americano and pastry, hehe.)

So, yeah a great way to cap off a weekend on a Sunday morning is french toast made with challah. For the four 3/4 in. slices of challah, I used 3 jumbo eggs, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar, and 1/4 cup of whole milk. It made a perfect perfect french toast, the best I've ever made at home. Prior to this I was only using milk and eggs, the vanilla and sugar really help make the toast richer. A half pat of butter on top of each slice before being topped off with some fairly expensive Trader Joe's Canadian Grade B maple syrup. I totally forgot to sprinkle some powdered sugar on top though. hmph.



Challah has to be the perfect french toast bread because it is the perfect texture and already is pretty tasty by itself. Yum. Funny thing is that this is probably only the third or fourth time that I've ever mixed a sweet breakfast item with some bacon. I've always bee real particular with that kind of thing haha. So nuked some Oscar Meyer bacon to give me a little saltiness.

All in all, a perfect breakfast and one that I will definitely make again and if I'm not lazy I will throw the bacon in a cast iron skillet for ultimate deliciousness.

So I have half a loaf of Challah left and wondering what I should do with it, if I'm feeling extra motivated I'm sure that I could wake up earlier tomorrow morning and make it again. French toast really is a fast and delicious breakfast, that keeps you pretty full for a while. Now, to figure out what else to do today.

SOTD 8/8 Mitch All Together - Mitch Hedberg

So it's not a song, sorry but Mitch Hedberg is one of my favorite comedians of all time, definitely in my Top 3. I didn't become familiar with his stuff until a few months after he passed away, but since then I have listened to all his old material regularly. It never gets old. He's our generation's Steven Wright, I guess. So bummed that he could not still be making us laugh to this day. I love how Mitch wasn't polished, a little awkward, able to laugh at himself, but always always funny.

This is the entire Mitch All Together CD, wanted to change it up to maybe get some more people to love what this guy did. In an era where there are a lot of bullshit comedians that people think are genius ::coughDaneCook:: simple, but effective humor will always have a place.

Please enjoy.

SOTD 8/6 Real Life - Send Me an Angel

This song has ruled since I first heard it in the movie Rad. I was witness to many an 80's night crowd getting energized to it and dancing their brains out. One of my favorite 80's songs and one of my favorite songs, period. I heard it randomly on my iPhone this morning and it helped me get through the day a little easier. Enjoy here .

SOTD 8/5 Feeling Good - Nina Simone

I will be posting SOTD on my blog since it shows up in the Notes on FB anyways. My friend Leslie posted Michael Buble doing a passable cover of this song and I commented that Nina's is much better of course. And then today Hai's status reminded me of it. If perhaps one day you find yourself on a lovely beach before dawn, and can somehow play this song and time it for the horns to come in as the sun peeks over the horizon I'm sure you will achieve something close to nirvana on earth.

I think the first ditty I ever heard sung by her was "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and was captivated by her voice and the soul behind it. Shanna put the "Love Me or Leave Me" on a mixtape back when we were young romantics, so that song will always have a special place in my heart too.

Also, thanks to Vince for putting me on to box.net. You can stream and download everything. I love the internet.

Grab this track here.

I love BC

Garret's bachelor party was a great success. I can't say much about it of course due to contractual obligations, but a great and mostly legal time was had by all. I just remember eating and drinking very well and never getting sick or feeling to shitty. Vancouver is filled with a huge stock of beautiful girls. Highest hot chick per capita in all of North America easily. I will grab my minSD card outta my camera and shove it into my laptop soon and see if there are any postable pics.

SIEfL #3

Oh man, I love Patrick Swayze. No homo. But yeah man, it's heartbreaking that dude is dying right now. This is one of my favorite songs, and yeah I like the movie Dirty Dancing, so F off. haha.

SIEfL #2

Songs I'm Embarrassed for Liking

Since Youtube is just such a cornucopia of awesome, shitty, great, amazing, stupid videos I've decided that everyday I will post a video of a song that I am embarrassed to enjoy/love. Everyone I know knows that I have an eclectic taste in music. The first entry is a song/video that I have always enjoyed, way more than the shitty but more successful version of the same song by Celine Dion. Meatloaf is the shit, and I remember when I first saw this video I fell in love with the female singer. sigh.

Yeah, so I will try to do these everyday, and maybe some of you like the the same song(s).

Craigslist, home to really particular sick bastards.

I want to be him for Halloween.

WANT.

This paintjob is so sick, and on one of the dopest bikes ever.

Fast & Furious

No, I did not see this movie this weekend. I think I'll try to see it some night this week though. It made a buttload of money, wow. Who woulda thunk.

Best Clothing Brand Ever

From Blue Seven's Blog (the shop my stylish ex Shanna manages in OKC, OK), they posted about Toby Keith's shitty clothing company. Every time I see the above pic I can't help but laugh, it is just so perfectly horrible and gay. It's more gay than my roommates and their boyfriends in the same jacuzzi. This is what they had to say about TK Steelman, it also cracks me up:
"TK takin the fashion world by storm.


Patriotic T-shirts, decorated bandanas under cowboy hats and, of course, sleeveless shirts were among the fashions modeled on the runway last week when Oklahoma country music star Toby Keith unveiled his new clothing line called TK Steelman. The line also includes long-sleeve shirts, polos, sweatshirts, baseball caps, belts, leather wrist straps and more. Keith is known for removing the sleeves from his shirts, and the designers included more of that signature look at his request. TK Steelman will offer moderately priced clothing reflecting the singer-songwriter’s personal style, which mixes country, rocker and biker influences. Each item was personally approved by Keith. NO NEED TO THANK US FOR EXPOSING YOU TO THIS AMAZING NEW CLOTHING LINE. IT'S OUR PLEASURE."

So awesome.

This is one of the best things I've ever seen on the internet. If you aren't smiling at some point during this video you have a black cold heart and I feel bad for you.

"Oh, I have the perfect screenname! LittleKidLover. "

That quote is from The Office, of course made by Michael Scott in regards to appealing to a potential mate that has kids, for his kid-friendliness. That's what I think of as I watch the To Catch a Predator marathon that has been taking place on MSNBC yesterday and today. Is it wrong that it's still so hilarious to me even after I've seen all these sick sons of bitches get caught before? I'm still amazed that these shows took place over a span of 3 years and people were still getting caught on TV till the end of the run of this series in 2007. One of the things that cracks me up is the chat logs that they have of what these sex offenders said. Pure disgusting hilarity. So yeah, besides coverage of the Elite 8, all I've been watching on TV are truly desperate and sick individuals thinking they're going to have sex with 13 year old boys and girls.

Hell Yeah!!

I went on to ProjectPlaylist.com and I realized that the playlist that I had on my Myspace page was still there and oddly enough all the songs still work. Wierd. So I added it over to the left there.

True Bromance

Vince emailed me this pic of Titus with Charlie, his new little buddy. Gotta love it.

Clever use of Pug puppies

This was a pretty clever Digital Short in general. It seems that the Digital Shorts are the only reason to tune in to SNL anymore :( . I think it has a lot to do with Tina Fey not being the head writer over there. I believe Seth Meyers is the head writer now and although he is somewhat funny, he isn't even witty enough to clean Tina's spectacles.

This is who I'm talking about.

Guys being guys, we talk about stuff like cars, sports, food, guns and inevitably girls. We'll talk about our favorites and everyone has typical answers like Marissa Miller or Angelina or J. Alba or J. Biel - the obvious ones, basically. So a few of my friends still have no idea who Jessica Gomes is, my current never-will-ever-happen crush.
I don't get why I haven't seen her courted by any of the famous Hollywood douchebags. Actually, that's awesome that I haven't seen that.

Let me introduce you to her once again, even though I've posted her before....

Please hit the HQ button on the youtube player for better quality.

You're welcome.

Vince and Amy's young pup, Charlie

Vince emailed me this pic of him with what he said was Charlie's favorite spot to sit when he's in the car. Awww. So adorable. Puppies are the greatest things in the whole world....besides Pagani Zondas....and Jessica Gomes.

Enjoy it while ya can little guy, I doubt when you get older V is gonna want 20 some pounds chillin on his shoulders haha.

MOTIVATION

These guys are BEASTS. Wow. Screw lifting weights. This is the business right there. If you are not amazed at what these dudes are doing then I don't know what would impress you..

Overweight?!?!

According to http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ I am overweight. My BMI is 25.8 according to their clever little calculator. I am only 4.2 points from being obese.

I am so sad right now I think I'm going to walk down to Albertsons and grab a pint of Phish Food and cry myself to sleep.

Pure...unadulterated...PORN.

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A quick tour of my new homestead

This is a quick tour of the new house I'm living in in the lovely Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle. It may sound like some messed up sitcom idea, but I am living sharing this great house with three gay guys: Mike, Chris, and Kyle. They are really cool guys and I feel really lucky to be able to live with them. There's also a dog that lives here, Chris' beagle named Memphis who is 7 months old. Coming home and having him run to me and jump all over me reminds of Wilby so much.

The neighborhood is great. I have a really cool sports bar three blocks down the hill that I frequent a few times a week to enjoy their really sweet $5 meal happy hour. Starbucks, Tully's, Albertsons, BOFA, Subway, a dope gym and an ice cream spot are all about the same distance away too. I am gonna try to get a job out here so I would never have to leave the island at all. We'll see!

The Man

Duuuude.

My Oscar Picks

This year's Academy Awards are tonight, they seemed to have come up out of no where. I am bummed I didn't get to to see all the nominees, but I'll take a shot at picking the winners.

Best picture

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

"Frost/Nixon"

"Milk"

"The Reader"

"Slumdog Millionaire"

I've seen two of the five Best Picture noms (TCCoBB and Slumdog). I really regret not seeing Milk. The other two films, I've no real desire to see. I enjoyed the two I viewed, but Slumdog really left an impression on me and I walked out of the that movie in a good mood. Benjamin Button sort of left me bummed out, but I was amazed at Brad Pitt's transformation. I love Cate Blanchett, she has got to be one of the greatest actresses of our time.

I think Slumdog will be able to accompany its Golden Globe with Mr. Oscar. I wouldn't be surprised to see Benjamin Button win though because it has the formula of an Oscar winner. The Academy loves sweeping epic movies with less than perfect characters with a lust for life (Forrest Gump anyone?)

Actor

Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"

Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"

Sean Penn, "Milk"

Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"

Just from the clips I've seen, Sean Penn as Harvey Milk looks so good. Seeing Sean Penn actually smiling is good enough for me because he usually looks pissed off or miserable. I'm rooting for him. Mickey Rourke would be the dark horse of course even though he won the GG. Oscar usually goes to people who look like humans. What happened to you Mickey?!?!

Actress

Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"

Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"

Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"

Meryl Streep, "Doubt"

Kate Winslet, "The Reader"

I have not seen any of these performances. I will just root for who I like the most. I love Kate Winslet. It would be cool if Anne Hathaway won though. I'd say it'd be quite the windfall for the star of Princess Diaries and Havoc. And I just have to say that Havoc was one of the dumbest movies I've ever seen, it was like the dialogue for the teens was written by a 40-year old who just wrote what he thought teenagers would sound like. If you haven't seen it, don't. So yeah, good luck Kate.

Supporting actor

Josh Brolin, "Milk"

Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"

Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"

Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"

Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road"

We all know who'll win this. Everyone loves Heath. We like seeing other people accept awards for the deceased. It would be a nice final page in the closing chapter on a brilliant, but all to short career. RD Jr. was the only redeeming part of Tropic Thunder. I was disappointed in that whole movie.

Supporting actress

Amy Adams, "Doubt"

Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

Viola Davis, "Doubt"

Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"

I just want Amy Adams to win because she was the handbag sales girl that visited Dunder Mifflin. So anyone with a connection to one of my favorite shows gets my vote. Taraji P. Henson was great though, especially if you actually see real interviews of her and how she speaks when she's not acting.

I don't have any idea how good Marisa Tomei is in The Wrestler, I think she's a very beautiful and talented actress, but dammit I wouldn't be able to stomach hearing "Two-time Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress....." preceeding her name at her next Oscar presenting gig.

Directing

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," David Fincher

"Frost/Nixon," Ron Howard

"Milk," Gus Van Sant

"The Reader," Stephen Daldry

"Slumdog Millionaire," Danny Boyle

Go Go Danny Boyle!

ME = HUGE RETARD

So, I arrive at the gym and am having a great workout, rocking out to the MGMT station on Pandora. (Pandora is the BEST app on the iPhone btw.) I'm doing everything at a fast pace because it's Saturday for Pete's sake and I don't want to spend 2 hours in a stinky weight room. So I'm loading 2 plates on the bar on both sides on flat bench press and put collars on both sides. The thing is that I was so into getting amped to "Kids" that I forgot to put the second damn plate on the right side.

I lift off the bar and wow, of course I'm expecting both sides to be equal so I lift off with a nice burst. BUT, shit the right side has 45 lbs. on it and the left has 90 lbs. so do the math. That isn't equal so I really fucked up, I have no time to correct this and it is awkard and immediately I lose grip on the left side. Since I don't put my thumbs around the bar on the bench press the bar slips out of my left hand and proceeds to fall onto the upper part of my chest. Because there are collars on both ends the plates just don't fall off. So I look like the biggest idiot to the (THANK GOD) only 4 other dudes in the weight room. An old guy has to get the bar back up to the rack.

I am totally embarrassed. One of the other guys who saw this comes up to me and said he had a mindfart like that once as well on the exact same bench, but he was distracted because of "this hot bird in Spandex".

Right now I'm just looking back on the incident and thanking whatever higher power made it so the bar did not fall on my face or throat, because that would've totally ruined my day and maybe my life. The only damage is a severely bruised ego and some ugly red marks on my chest and armpit.

So lesson of the day is pay some god damn attention to what you're doing at the gym.

Best Super Bowl Commercial

When I was watching the Super Bowl I cracked the hell up when I saw this commercial. I thought it was very well done. I love how Nannerpuss knocks his own googly-eye off. Poor guy.

It still makes me laugh. Please enjoy.

Head Explode

OMFG. Two of my top three famous ladies in one video and puppies too? I can't deal with this level of cuteness. Is this real life? Am I in Heaven? (The other 1/3 of the 3/3 is in a video from a previous post, I'm sure it's fairly obvious)

Natalie and Rashida, I love you both...equally.

NATALIE PORTMAN & RASHIDA JONES Speak Out from Natalie Portman

The KING

Elvis was the best live performer ever. HANDS DOWN.
This is one of my favorite songs and the best performance of this song by the man who made it famous. Just how he improvises and interacts with the audience and even his own backup singers.

This video just made me happy when I found it today.

Shaq is awesome

I haven't been a great fan of Shaq since he left the Lakers, but damn he is a great character. Much props to him for doing this.

Thank you Portugal and China.

It is pretty well known amongst my friends that I have never been a big fan of females of the Asian persuasion, however I have got to say that the half-breeds can be pretty damn stellar.

Jessica Gomes is the shiznit. She is my current celebrity crush/wish she was my wife. The Aussie accent too? Hummuna Hummuna. She also looks healthy and not starved, love the curves. I hope she gets more notoriety with her second straight appearance in the SI Swimsuit Edition.

More Sports Illustrated Swimsuit:
Bodypainting |
NBA Dancers |
Danica Patrick |
Tennis Stars |
All Models |
Video Collection

Want.

I miss miss MISSSSSS my bike. I rode it everyday when I was home for Christmas, except for that one day when it rained. WTF Cali!?! Anyways, sport bikes are my first 2-wheeled love but I gotta say that I really am feeling the Harley-Davidson Nightster 1200. The one in the pic below is PERFECT, with the black pipes and drag bars. Best of all, it's less than $10K. I wouldn't mind having a bike like this in 6 years...when I'm an elderly and able 35.

KTHXBAI

PIC OF THE DAY
A great day it is.

I HATE VINCE

No, not my friend Vince.
This Vince.
I like the drawing though.

Tossin' Salads

When I was in high school I remember a bunch of people over at my girlfriend's aunt and uncle's house watching TV and drinking beer while she was supposed to be housesitting. This is where I first was exposed to Chris Rock's HBO special "Bring the Pain". It has a special place in my heart. I don't remember ever, EVER, laughing so hard at a stand up comedy routine up to that point in my life. It was just refreshing and hilariously awesome. I guess it would be like how previous generations felt when they first heard Martin, Carlin, Pryor, or Murphy. Anyways, the bit about tossing salads really cracked me up. Since then I've always wondered what "prison special" Rock was referring to. Because of the greatness that is Youtube, I now know where his original material came from and that in fact it was real.

I include the bit and the prison interview below.
WARNING: If you have no sense of humor or are a total prude or are offended by strong language then GTFO and don't bother clicking any of the vids below.

Gran Torino

Dan and I watched an Oscar screener for Gran Torino last night. I thought it was a fairly good movie. Clint Eastwood of course steals the whole show, mostly by using all of the most hilarious racist epithets. Zipperhead, zip, gook, slope, chinks, ting tang, ching chong, Charlie Chan...all of the glorious terms for sure.

The Hmong kid Thao, that Eastwood's character befriends is such a sack of a human being you just want to kill him yourself. Really, he is a pathetic loser and has this little-kid pouty face that I couldn't stand. Who the hell did the casting for this movie? There has to be other young Asian actors out there that could've done a better job that him. It was just really distracting how bad the kid acted. Yeah, I understand that he had to be pathetic so you feel sorry for him, but COME ON.

The stereotypical Asian gangsters and their riced-out Honda Civic....I have no words. The epitome and personification of most young Asian male stereotypes, to say the least. The fat one of that group though, aaaargh!! I just wanna scream thinking of that piece of shit. I guess that was good casting because you really hate that group.

I was going into the movie expecting something great, considering all of the reviews that I've read and word of mouth. I was a little disappointed though, especially with the ending. It's not what you WANT to happen, but you understand.

7/10

Shame on you America

OK, tell me why the same nation that has the brains and balls to elect Obama can also make Paul Blart: Mall Cop the Number One movie in America?

I don't know what pisses me off more, this movie being number one or when Beverly Hills Chihuahua was.

Ugh. Slumdog Millionaire should be the number one movie for the next few weeks. It is absolutely superb.

I cannot wait!

Holy shit. The dance that they do in this..... EPIC.

I cannot wait to see Bruno. I dunno bout his new hairdo though. I prefer the peroxide mohawk of The Ali G Show days. Oh well.

SBC is a comic genius.